Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (novel)

Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands) is a Brazilian novel, written by Jorge Amado in 1966. Amado's tale is of a woman's unlikely path to happiness. It is a vast panorama of life in the town of Salvador, Bahia, with dozens of characters.

The novel has been adapted into a 1976 film.



Novels by Jorge Amado
  • O País do Carnaval (1931)
  • Cacau (1933)
  • Suor (1934)
  • Jubiabá (1935)
  • Mar Morto (1936)
  • Capitães da Areia (1937)
  • Vida de Luis Carlos Prestes (1942)
  • Terras do Sem Fim (1943)
  • São Jorge dos Ilhéus (1944)
  • Seara Vermelha (1946)
  • Os Subterrâneos da Liberdade (1954)
  • Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (1958)
  • A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro Dágua (1959)
  • Os Velhos Marinheiros ou o Capitão de Longo Curso (1961)
  • Os Pastores da Noite (1964)
  • Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (1966)
  • Tenda dos Milagres (1969)
  • Teresa Batista Cansada da Guerra (1972)
  • Tieta do Agreste (1977)
  • Farda Fardão Camisola de Dormir (1979)
  • Tocaia Grande (1984)
  • O Sumiço da Santa (1988)
  • A Descoberta da América pelos Turcos (1994)
  • Navegação de Cabotagem (1992)
  • O Compadre de Ogum (1995)

Famous quotes containing the word husbands:

    “The cats will be glad; the fathers feel justified; the mothers
    relieved.
    The sons and husbands will no longer need to pay the bills.
    Childhoods will be put away, the obscene nightmare abated.”
    —Louise Bogan (1897–1970)